[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c35.456 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.456 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.456 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.456) 1. Vappa Thera.—One of the Pañcavaggiyā. He was the son of Vāseṭṭha, a brahmin of Kapilavatthu. When Asita declared that Prince Siddhattha would become the Buddha, Vappa and four other brahmins, headed by Koṇḍañña, became recluses. Vappa was with the Buddha during the six years of his ascetic practices, but being disappointed when the Buddha began taking solid food, he left him and went to Isipatana, where the Buddha, after his Enlightenment, preached to him and the others the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. On the fifth day after,¹ Vappa and his companions became arahants, at the end of the Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta. Vappa’s resolve to be among the first of the Buddha’s followers was taken in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. In the past, he was sixteen times king, under the name of Mahādundubhi.² - [Previous: v2.c35.455](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.455) - [Next: v2.c35.457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.457) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.456) · Pramāṇa